Chapter 22 Shadows In The Light

• The sun had not touched Erelith in years—not truly. It filtered weakly through the haze of memory residue and drifting debris, its rays distorted by what the Severed had done to the sky. But on this morning, it shone like a blade—clean, real, almost defiant.
• Lena stood at the edge of the Skybridge, overlooking the city. For the first time since her awakening, it felt… awake.
• “Feels wrong, doesn’t it?” Mira said beside her, arms crossed, eyes narrowed at the horizon.